Hog Operations, Environmental Effects, and Residential Property Values
研究北卡罗来纳州东南部农村住宅销售数据，发现大型养猪场对周边房价有显著负面影响，距离越近、养猪数量越多，房价降幅最高达9%。
A hedonic study of rural residential house sales in southeastern North Carolina was conducted to determine the effect of large-scale hog operations on surrounding property values. An index of hog manure production at different distances from the houses was developed. It was found that proximity caused a statistically significant reduction in house prices of up to 9 percent depending on the number of hogs and their distance from the house. The effect on the price of a house from opening a new operation depended on the number of hogs already in the area.